Urinary Incontinence

At Tufts Medical Center in Urogynecology, one component of female urinary incontinence is stress urinary incontinence. When women cough, sneeze, laugh too hard, exercise, or have any type of pounding activity, they have an involuntary leakage of urine. It means they can’t contract the pelvic muscles strong enough to sustain these activities.

How do you treat stress urinary incontinence?

At Tufts Medical Center in Boston, we do an outpatient procedure through a small incision. We go in and place a small piece of material, almost like a hammock, around the urethra. By placing this material in, the body will scar in around it. All the scarring that happens naturally after the procedure provides the backboard for the urethra at its mid-level. This way, when someone coughs or sneezes, there’s better supportive tissue there. The procedure itself takes no more than an hour. Patients go home the same day and we can quote about an 85% to 95% cure rate with these patients.

Programs + Services

At Tufts Medical Center’s Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery in downtown Boston, we specialize in treatment plans for urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and other related conditions. Learn more and request an appointment today. More information about programs and services

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